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Thomas Alden Frazar and his first wife, Frances Ann Adams Bradford were married 26 May 1839 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts. [Duxbury is today apart of greater Boston.] They lived together in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts until about 1845. Thomas gained skills in ship building, accounting, and operating a business for his father and then with several brothers. He then moved to the Boston area for several years where he worked at a planing mill and then operated a tanning facility and two other family businesses. After losing money at several ventures including a mill that burned to the ground. It was then decided that Thomas would move to Portland, Oregon in 1851, build and operate a store along the Willamette River in partnership with a brother, Capt. Amherst Alden Frazar. He left his family near Boston to setup the business in Portland and then about two years later, he was to return east by ship to bring them to Oregon. Things did not work out as planned. First, when he arrived there were already two ships in the harbor full of goods to sell. They had recently arrived with the same plan. After, arrival Thomas Frazar and his employee did set about assembling the two story building they had brought with them. [He had brought an employee to help him get the business operating.] It turned out this man was near worthless and soon left to be on his own. Thomas took the remaining supplies and went to California to sell them to the gold miners pouring into San Francisco.
Rosetta Frazar, was born 13 Sep 1842, in Duxbury, Massachusetts. Her elder sister, Jerusha was born 22 Jun 1840. Younger sister, Ann, was born, 27 Apr 1844. All three were born in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts [near then, Boston]. Her brother, Ray Thomas, was born 20 Dec 1845 and sister, Lucy, was born, 24 May 1847, both in Dorchester(Boston), Suffolk, Mass. These were all children of Frances Ann Adams. The first wife of Thomas Alden Frazar.
Two children were born to her stepmother, Mary Ellen Evans Frazar. The first, Mary Frances Frazar, was born 15 Dec 1850, in Dorchester (Boston) and the second, Charles Alden Frazar, was born, on 18 Jan 1855, in Portland, Oregon Territory. He was Thomas' only child not born in Massachusetts.
Rosie was married to Martin Strong Burrell on 07 Jan 1862, at the residence of the brides' father, 'Hazel Wood Farm', in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon. He had come from a well-to-do Ohio farming family. Martin was drawn first to his brother's interests in California [Lyman Jabez Burrell]. After staying there a few months he decided to move on to Portland, Oregon where a couple of cousins had started up a store, Knapp & Knapp, Co. It marketed goods of all kinds to the Willamette valley farmers. After working for several years for his cousins as a book keeper, he bought part ownership into the Portland based company and they renamed it Knapp-Burrell & Company with one partner retiring to farm. It grew to have many outlets located in farming centers and mining areas across the Oregon Territory of Oregon, Northern California, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming.
Rosa's father tried to turn more of Hazel Wood Farm [located about five miles east of the heart of Portland surrounding todays Laurelhurst Park] into orchard. But, after several years of bad weather and crop failures he lost hope. Then adding to this trouble was the death of four of their beloved children while living at the farm. They sold Hazel Wood Farm and moved back across the Willamette River, into Portland. [The children loved the farm].
Rosetta Frazar Burrell grew to become the right arm of Martin Burrell. But, she was also her father's daughter, one who fought for public schools and good government in Portland and then for the whole state of Oregon. Rosa was one who had the ear of both men and women of wealth and position in Oregon. Like her father, she knew politics on all levels. When Rosa could not herself reach out as a woman, she was able to persade her husband and their friend's to help.
In religious beliefs she followed her father and mother into the Unitarian Church and firmly supported it all her life. The family were founding members of the First Unitarian Church of Portland, Oregon and it is presently active today. Note: The church first met in community homes for worship and study. Several of the men then went to California seeking a pastor to return with them. They were successful and enlisted a young man who became a great church and civic leader. Note: Her grandparents on her father's side were both interred in the grave yard next to a Unitarian church in Boston, along with several of their children. See, Mayflower Cemetery.
The Burrell's amassed great wealth for their day. The estate was worth well over a million dollars. They were capitalists and were involved in many businesses in Washington, Idaho, Montana and Oregon. It included mining, farming, banking, agriculture and the retail outlets based in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon and spread out across the Oregon Territory.
Look at the womens groups she helped form with Mary Ann Phelps Montgomery, Constance Phelps [Montgomery] Burrell, Margaret Phelps [Montgomery] Zogbaum, Helen Strong [Burrell] Voorhies and others. They formed the Oregon DAR, an actions group that was based on growing a strong patriotic Portland. They were watching a small town, Portland, change each year into one of the largest and strongest in the West. These women wanted their city to be clean, with a good police force, fire department and a good library system serving all, with a free school system for all children, and a good political system that was fair and open to all it's citizens.
Their son, Walter Frazar Burrell was not the wisest business man. Between the 1930's Depression Era lasting until Pearl Harbor, and lavish spending, and bad business deals, the estate money was soon depleted to a point where he was forced to sell major estate assets at great loss and go into bankruptcy. It is said that he paid off all the debt even though it took many years. The many family members lost almost all their principle in the estate.
Frances Ann Adams Bradford was born 08 Oct 1815, to sailing ship Captain Daniel Bradford in Keene, Cheshire, New Hamshire. She died in Dorchester(Boston), Suffolk, Massachusetts 11 July 1848. Her place of burial has not been determined.
Her heritage can be traced directly back to the Mayflower through her mother. The Drew line and the Frazar line are equally impressive. Also, the Burrell line can be traced back to the Mayflower Colony.
There is a manuscript written by her father, Thomas Alden Frazar, located in the library archives of the University of Oregon.
Lyman Jabez Burrell has extensive papers now located in the archives of the University of California. Some of his material can be read online through the University's data base.
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Thomas Alden Frazar and his first wife, Frances Ann Adams Bradford were married 26 May 1839 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts. [Duxbury is today apart of greater Boston.] They lived together in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts until about 1845. Thomas gained skills in ship building, accounting, and operating a business for his father and then with several brothers. He then moved to the Boston area for several years where he worked at a planing mill and then operated a tanning facility and two other family businesses. After losing money at several ventures including a mill that burned to the ground. It was then decided that Thomas would move to Portland, Oregon in 1851, build and operate a store along the Willamette River in partnership with a brother, Capt. Amherst Alden Frazar. He left his family near Boston to setup the business in Portland and then about two years later, he was to return east by ship to bring them to Oregon. Things did not work out as planned. First, when he arrived there were already two ships in the harbor full of goods to sell. They had recently arrived with the same plan. After, arrival Thomas Frazar and his employee did set about assembling the two story building they had brought with them. [He had brought an employee to help him get the business operating.] It turned out this man was near worthless and soon left to be on his own. Thomas took the remaining supplies and went to California to sell them to the gold miners pouring into San Francisco.
Rosetta Frazar, was born 13 Sep 1842, in Duxbury, Massachusetts. Her elder sister, Jerusha was born 22 Jun 1840. Younger sister, Ann, was born, 27 Apr 1844. All three were born in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts [near then, Boston]. Her brother, Ray Thomas, was born 20 Dec 1845 and sister, Lucy, was born, 24 May 1847, both in Dorchester(Boston), Suffolk, Mass. These were all children of Frances Ann Adams. The first wife of Thomas Alden Frazar.
Two children were born to her stepmother, Mary Ellen Evans Frazar. The first, Mary Frances Frazar, was born 15 Dec 1850, in Dorchester (Boston) and the second, Charles Alden Frazar, was born, on 18 Jan 1855, in Portland, Oregon Territory. He was Thomas' only child not born in Massachusetts.
Rosie was married to Martin Strong Burrell on 07 Jan 1862, at the residence of the brides' father, 'Hazel Wood Farm', in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon. He had come from a well-to-do Ohio farming family. Martin was drawn first to his brother's interests in California [Lyman Jabez Burrell]. After staying there a few months he decided to move on to Portland, Oregon where a couple of cousins had started up a store, Knapp & Knapp, Co. It marketed goods of all kinds to the Willamette valley farmers. After working for several years for his cousins as a book keeper, he bought part ownership into the Portland based company and they renamed it Knapp-Burrell & Company with one partner retiring to farm. It grew to have many outlets located in farming centers and mining areas across the Oregon Territory of Oregon, Northern California, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming.
Rosa's father tried to turn more of Hazel Wood Farm [located about five miles east of the heart of Portland surrounding todays Laurelhurst Park] into orchard. But, after several years of bad weather and crop failures he lost hope. Then adding to this trouble was the death of four of their beloved children while living at the farm. They sold Hazel Wood Farm and moved back across the Willamette River, into Portland. [The children loved the farm].
Rosetta Frazar Burrell grew to become the right arm of Martin Burrell. But, she was also her father's daughter, one who fought for public schools and good government in Portland and then for the whole state of Oregon. Rosa was one who had the ear of both men and women of wealth and position in Oregon. Like her father, she knew politics on all levels. When Rosa could not herself reach out as a woman, she was able to persade her husband and their friend's to help.
In religious beliefs she followed her father and mother into the Unitarian Church and firmly supported it all her life. The family were founding members of the First Unitarian Church of Portland, Oregon and it is presently active today. Note: The church first met in community homes for worship and study. Several of the men then went to California seeking a pastor to return with them. They were successful and enlisted a young man who became a great church and civic leader. Note: Her grandparents on her father's side were both interred in the grave yard next to a Unitarian church in Boston, along with several of their children. See, Mayflower Cemetery.
The Burrell's amassed great wealth for their day. The estate was worth well over a million dollars. They were capitalists and were involved in many businesses in Washington, Idaho, Montana and Oregon. It included mining, farming, banking, agriculture and the retail outlets based in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon and spread out across the Oregon Territory.
Look at the womens groups she helped form with Mary Ann Phelps Montgomery, Constance Phelps [Montgomery] Burrell, Margaret Phelps [Montgomery] Zogbaum, Helen Strong [Burrell] Voorhies and others. They formed the Oregon DAR, an actions group that was based on growing a strong patriotic Portland. They were watching a small town, Portland, change each year into one of the largest and strongest in the West. These women wanted their city to be clean, with a good police force, fire department and a good library system serving all, with a free school system for all children, and a good political system that was fair and open to all it's citizens.
Their son, Walter Frazar Burrell was not the wisest business man. Between the 1930's Depression Era lasting until Pearl Harbor, and lavish spending, and bad business deals, the estate money was soon depleted to a point where he was forced to sell major estate assets at great loss and go into bankruptcy. It is said that he paid off all the debt even though it took many years. The many family members lost almost all their principle in the estate.
Frances Ann Adams Bradford was born 08 Oct 1815, to sailing ship Captain Daniel Bradford in Keene, Cheshire, New Hamshire. She died in Dorchester(Boston), Suffolk, Massachusetts 11 July 1848. Her place of burial has not been determined.
Her heritage can be traced directly back to the Mayflower through her mother. The Drew line and the Frazar line are equally impressive. Also, the Burrell line can be traced back to the Mayflower Colony.
There is a manuscript written by her father, Thomas Alden Frazar, located in the library archives of the University of Oregon.
Lyman Jabez Burrell has extensive papers now located in the archives of the University of California. Some of his material can be read online through the University's data base.
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